Jair Lynch

She came to the United States and obtained her master's degree in economics from the School of Advanced International Studies in 1964.

She returned to the Universidad de los Andes to conduct research for two years before coming back to Washington, D.C. The Lynches married in 1965.

Martha Lynch joined the Brookings Institution in 1966, but left after a short time to become an economist with the Organization of American States (OAS).

His father's political activism led the government of Trinidad and Tobago to declare him an "undesirable" in the 1970s.

Dr. Lynch taught at Howard University before becoming a professor of political economy and African American studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

He later became chair of the Department of African Studies.

Jair's mother, Martha Fernandez Lynch, was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and obtained her bachelor's degree from Universidad de los Andes.

Jair Lynch (born October 2, 1971) is an American gymnast and real estate developer in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

Lynch was born October 2, 1971, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

His father, Acklyn Lynch, was born on the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

He grew up in the neighborhood of Woodbrook in the city of Port of Spain, and was an avid soccer player in his youth.

He spent most of his adult life in the United States, however, obtaining his bachelor degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and his Ph.D. in political science and economics from Harvard University.

In 1985, he began training with coach Rick Tucker at the Gymnastics Plus club in Columbia, Maryland.

His father drove him to every gymnastics meet.

They would listen to jazz and hip-hop music, and discuss art, music, and sports.

At the 1987 USA Gymnastics' Junior Olympics, Lynch won the pommel horse championship.

The following year, he compiled the highest score ever at the Junior Olympics.

She left the OAS in 1989, and became an independent consultant.

Her clients included a wide range of international organizations, including the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.

Jair has a younger sister, Pilar.

She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in dance from New York University, and became a dancer and teacher in film and theater studies.

She previously performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

The Lynch family moved to Washington, D.C., when Jair was three years old.

Jair Lynch grew up in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where he attended Alexander Shepherd Elementary School.

He evinced an early interest in architecture, and at the age of three was already replicating famous buildings in the city using Play-Doh and covering tables with cities he would build from Legos (his favorite toy).

Although he enjoyed basketball, football, and soccer as a youth, his short height (he topped out at 5 ft) and lack of weight (just 135 lb as an Olympic gymnast) mitigated against it.

Yet he was extremely athletic.

Lynch became involved with gymnastics at the age of eight.

At the age of 12, he predicted that he was going to be an Olympic athlete some day.

Lynch was plagued with injuries before he turned 18.

These included a broken ankle, arm, finger, hand, and wrist (both of them).

In 1990, he was the all-around men's champion at the meet.

Lynch graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., and received a full-ride gymnastics scholarship from Stanford University.

He placed seventh in the all-around competition at the 1991 World Sports Fair.

At Stanford University, Lynch was a member and captain of the 1992 and 1993 teams which won the NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship.

He was coached by Sadao Hamada and David Juszczyk.

At the 1992 United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials, Lynch played fourth in the all-around.

Lynch became just the third African American to make the U.S. Olympic Team, and just the second to compete.

He won a silver medal in the parallel bars at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

After leaving competitive gymnastics, he became a real estate developer and founded Jair Lynch Development Partners in 1998.